Photographer: Yousuf Karsh (Armenian-born Canadian, 1908-2002). Internationally renowned photographer best
known for his iconic portraits of historical figures including world leaders,
artists, writers, athletes, actors, scientists, intellectuals, and more.
Subject: Portrait of Pablo Casals
Type Of Print: Authentic vintage photogravure (Etched plate made from the original image, and authorized by Karsh)
Date Of Print: 1960s
Original Issue: Bound sheet-fed
photogravure
Image Size: 9.5" x 12"
Finish: Satin Matte
Print Border: Left border
Condition:
Very good: slight wear to left side of image where it was bound into original portfolio; text on reverse
For
sale is an authentic (NOT a modern reprint) vintage 1960s photogravure (also
known as a héliogravure) by the internationally renowned Canadian photographer
Yousuf Karsh. This vintage sheet-fed gravure plate was originally issued as
part of a now rare bound photogravure portfolio, engraved and printed in
quality photogravure. The paper is of fine quality and the
prints themselves are beautiful. Karsh himself wrote the following words
regarding these richly crafted photogravures: "for the first time the
photographs that have been my life's work were reproduced by a mechanical
process with complete fidelity. So true is the result, indeed, that friends have
said they find it difficult to distinguish between these photogravure plates
and the hand-printed originals from my darkroom. The production of these plates
involved considerable technical achievement. But technology is only a means to
an end. More significant and gratifying to me is that many thousands of people,
who previously may not have seen an original Karsh photographic print but had
to rely on the often inadequate reproduction of standard printing methods, were
now able to see the fine details, the subtle graduations, the delicate nuances
which reveal underlying character". Yousuf Karsh's iconic photographic
portraits are held in museums and important photography collections throughout
the world.
